The Western Interdisciplinary Drone Laboratory

西方跨学科无人机实验室

• 批准号: RTI-2020-00775
• 负责人: Osinski, Gordon
• 金额: $ 9.06万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693362
• 关键词: Western; Interdisciplinary; Drone; Laboratory

The goal of this NSERC RTI grant is to establish a new research laboratory at Western called the Western Interdisciplinary Drone Laboratory (WIDL). The requested equipment will support the research programs of one senior (Osinski) and three junior (Goda, Molnar, Neish) faculty in the Department of Earth Sciences as well as several others from across campus. As demonstrated by the fact that we have 2 male (Osinski, Goda) and 2 female (Molnar, Neish) applicants, diversity in team composition is, and will continue to be, an intentional consideration in building the expertise of the research team. ******This equipment will enable cutting-edge new research to be conducted, across a broad range of topics, with a focus on the following 4 areas: 1) comparative planetology, periglacial geomorphology, post-disaster earthquake surveys, Precambrian geology, and seismic microzonation. In addition, this equipment will also support research by other faculty members at Western in the areas of archaeology, crop disease detection, hydrology, and mineral exploration. These disparate fields have a common theme which is field science in often remote, inaccessible and/or dangerous environments. Cross-cutting products required by the applicants include digital elevation models (DEMs), high-resolution imagery, and compositional information on surface deposits and rocks.******Once reliant on a “boots on the ground approach”, an increasingly common method is to collect data remotely this epitomizes the rapidly expanding field of remote sensing. Historically, remote sensing has entailed the use of satellite imagery or airborne surveys collected from helicopters and airplanes, which is expensive and difficult to acquire in real-time. Due to recent technological advancements, there has been an explosion of the development and use of small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones. The use of drones will revolutionize data collection for the applicants' field research programs. They will allow for the collection of low-cost data in real-time; quick access to sites where access is hazardous to people and/or wheeled vehicles (e.g., large-scale landslides, cliffs/gorges, blocky lava flows, etc.); and they can be easily transported and used anywhere in the world. In summary, these lightweight portable platforms provide a bird's eye view of a field site in an on-demand, low-cost, remotely deployable platform. The equipment requested here includes fixed-wing drones to enable rapid coverage of large areas, and quadcopters, which have higher lift capacity to carry additional payloads and have increased manoeuvrability for mapping areas at low altitudes. Requested sensors include visible and multispectral cameras, and LiDAR. In addition to representing a paradigm shift in research at Western, the acquisition of this equipment will significantly enhance the quality and extent of training by providing unique new opportunities for students to receive hands-on training in remote sensing.

NSERC RTI 拨款的目标是在西部大学建立一个新的研究实验室，称为西部跨学科无人机实验室 (WIDL)。所需的设备将支持地球科学系一名高级教师（奥辛斯基）和三名初级教师（戈达、莫尔纳尔、内什）以及整个校园其他几位教师的研究项目。我们有 2 名男性（Osinski、Goda）和 2 名女性（Molnar、Neish）申请者这一事实表明，团队构成的多样性现在是、并将继续是建立研究团队专业知识的有意考虑因素。 ******该设备将支持在广泛的主题上进行前沿的新研究，重点关注以下 4 个领域：1) 比较行星学、冰缘地貌学、灾后地震调查、前寒武纪地质学和地震微分区。此外，该设备还将支持西部大学其他教员在考古学、农作物病害检测、水文学和矿物勘探领域的研究。这些不同的领域有一个共同的主题，即通常在偏远、难以到达和/或危险环境中的现场科学。申请人所需的交叉产品包括数字高程模型（DEM）、高分辨率图像以及地表沉积物和岩石的成分信息。******曾经依赖于“地面方法”，越来越常见的方法是远程收集数据，这体现了遥感领域的快速扩展。从历史上看，遥感需要使用卫星图像或从直升机和飞机上收集的机载调查数据，这些数据昂贵且难以实时获取。由于最近的技术进步，小型无人机（UAV）或无人机的开发和使用呈爆炸式增长。无人机的使用将彻底改变申请人实地研究项目的数据收集。它们将允许实时收集低成本数据；快速进入对人员和/或轮式车辆有危险的地点（例如大规模山体滑坡、悬崖/峡谷、块状熔岩流等）；它们可以轻松运输并在世界任何地方使用。总之，这些轻型便携式平台可在按需、低成本、可远程部署的平台中提供现场现场的鸟瞰图。这里要求的设备包括能够快速覆盖大面积的固定翼无人机和四轴飞行器，四轴飞行器具有更高的升力能力，可以携带额外的有效载荷，并具有更高的机动性，可以在低海拔地区测绘。所需的传感器包括可见光和多光谱相机以及激光雷达。除了代表西方研究范式的转变之外，购买该设备还将为学生提供接受遥感实践培训的独特新机会，从而显着提高培训的质量和程度。